Nelson Hua, Ph.D. student in physics has been awarded the 2016 Chateaubriand STEM Fellowship

The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Health for doctoral students aims to initiate or reinforce collaborations, partnerships or joint projects between French and American research teams. The Chateaubriand Fellowship supports PhD students registered in an American university who wish to conduct part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory.

This fellowship is offered by the Office for Science & Technology (OST) of the Embassy of France in Washington in partnership with American universities and French research organizations such as CNRS, Inria and Inserm. It is a partner of the National Science Foundation's GROW program.

Nelson is a student in Oleg Shpyrko's Lab